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Co-Lab Workshops Don’t Shy Away From Complexity, They Engage It.

We get your team to fully understand a problem, generate ideas about it, test options, and design solutions, but we get them to do this iteratively. What does this mean? It means that we don’t wait until we have a total solution before we try building it – we think that the process of trying to build a solution actually enables people to understand the complexity of an issue better and faster. The result of going through several cycles of iteration is that a robust, rigorously tested solution emerges faster.




	A Blackvan workshop creates a unique, shared experience that accelerates well-informed decision making in conjunction with stakeholder buy-in and ownership of both the problem and the solution.

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	Getting individual and collective buy-in and commitment creates the organizational intent to successfully implement a solution.

This iterative process is itself accelerated through a unique blend of workshop design, facilitation, event support, and the thoughtful use of collaborative environments and knowledge tools.

Facilitation	Event Support	Collaborative Environments	Knowledge Tools
The workshop design and lead facilitation operate to identify, amplify, and synthesize good ideas.	A facilitation team supports the workshop in a myriad of ways to accelerate the process and to enable participants to focus on the work at hand.	An environment that facilitates the ease with which participants work can be crafted from something as simple as flipchart markers and pens to specialized work surfaces and networking technology.	Knowledge tools are created during and after the event to facilitate understanding, knowledge transfer, and decision making.

Ultimately, a Blackvan workshop creates a unique, shared experience that accelerates well-informed decision-making in conjunction with stakeholder buy-in and ownership of both the problem and the solution.

Why are Solutions Achieved Through Collaborative Means
the Most Successful?
When you draw on a group’s wealth of insight, expertise, and perspective, you innovate and iterate ideas faster. Gather ideas from throughout your organization and cross-pollinate. Activate your organization’s “group genius” and creative potential. Parts of the answer are spread all around the group; it just has to be brought together.

Getting individual and collective buy-in and commitment creates the organizational intent to successfully implement a solution. Fusing your organization around common decisions at a single point in time enables you to move forward in unison. Your team members share a unique experience in an intense and demanding environment. Stories of success permeate the company organically.

Challenge Your Organization. Watch It Grow.

Co-labs are best applied to complex problems where challenges exist simultaneously at different levels. The more networked, interconnected, and/or distributed an organization is, the greater the likelihood that it can benefit greatly from better collaboration. Frame your parameters and allow a solution to emerge. Bring in multiple stakeholders and address analytical, political, and emotional issues simultaneously. Empower people to contribute and make good decisions. Your organizational IQ will spike as a result of going through this process.

	Successful Applications of Co-Labs Include But Are Not Limited To:
	Strategy Development and Visioning Cost Reduction and Efficiency Development Business Requirements Development IT Package Selection and Implementation Planning Organizational Alignment New Business Development New Product Development Post Merger Integration Customer Relationship Management

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Blackvan has a successful track record partnering with strategy and transformation consultants to deliver powerful decision-making events that align key stakeholders and move projects ahead with real commitment. Read more about our partnering in our Case Studies >


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